Sperm racing in LA: Inside the first-of-its-kind race The script writer must have had fun with some of the (obvious) play-on-words. Surpised I never heard of this before...

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Sperm racing in LA: Inside the first-of-its-kind race \ stacker news ~HealthAndFitness

The script writer must have had fun with some of the (obvious) play-on-words. Surpised I never heard of this before... [2 comments]

Hash-based Signature Schemes for Bitcoin (Blockstream research) https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/2203.pdf > Abstract > Hash-based signature schemes offer a promising post-quantum alternative for Bitcoin, as their security relies solely on hash function assumptions similar to those already underpinning Bitcoin’s design. We provide a comprehensive overview of these schemes, from basic primitives to SPHINCS+ and its variants, and investigate parameter selection tailored to Bitcoin’s specific requirements. By applying recent optimizations such as SPHINCS+C, TL-WOTS-TW, and PORS+FP, and by reducing the allowed number of signatures per public key, we achieve significant size improvements over the standardized SPHINCS+ (SLHDSA). We provide public scripts for reproducibility and discuss limitations regarding key derivation, multi-signatures, and threshold signatures. Also:

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We just published "Hash-based signatures for Bitcoin," a new analysis of post-quantum schemes by @kudinov_mikhail and myself at @blksresearch. Thi...

@Kudinov or @Nick on SN for an ELI5?

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Hash-based Signature Schemes for Bitcoin (Blockstream research) \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Abstract Hash-based signature schemes offer a promising post-quantum alternative for Bitcoin, as their security relies solely on hash function assu...

Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials.

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GitHub - ostromcode/The-Cat: Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials.

Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials. - ostromcode/The-Cat

> It documents a soft-fork consensus change and new spending rules intended to remove an existing, snapshot-based set of non-monetary UTXOs (NMUs) created by protocols such as Ordinals and Stamps, by making those UTXOs permanently unspendable and eligible for removal from the UTXO set. So, basically, confiscating UTXOs I disagree with? Are we still talking about Bitcoin? Maybe this is not even worth sharing or discussing...

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Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials. \ stacker news ~bitcoin

It documents a soft-fork consensus change and new spending rules intended to remove an existing, snapshot-based set of non-monetary UTXOs (NMUs) cr...

3Blue1Brown : "Recruiting, both for myself and for other companies"

Recruiting, both for myself and for other companies (potentially yours)

I have two small requests, both of which I’ll elaborate on further down in this post.

3Blue1Brown is hiring: both mathematical and non-mathematical positions. Look through the post for more details.

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3Blue1Brown : "Recruiting, both for myself and for other companies" \ stacker news ~science

3Blue1Brown is hiring: both mathematical and non-mathematical positions. Look through the post for more details. [2 comments]

"we are not enron" says nvidia I've kinda cut out the AI news in terms of company valuation, stock market, etc, as I've made up my mind it's all VC bullshit. So, stumbling on this Coffeezilla piece brought me a bit up to date on what seems to be going on at the moment, at a more nuanced level. Maybe CZ is all wrong (he has been before, and this is for sure not his field of expertise), but I usually give him the benefit of the doubt when it's about spotting scams and grifts. So, do you think Nvidia is like Enron? Or more like Cisco?

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"we are not enron" says nvidia \ stacker news ~AI

I've kinda cut out the AI news in terms of company valuation, stock market, etc, as I've made up my mind it's all VC bullshit. So, stumbling on thi...

Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like people who just care about playing the Wall Street game on top of Bitcoin. I probably shouldn’t call them grifters/scammers; that’s too harsh when you compare them with some of the actual ones (if you know, you know), because they aren’t committing any crime (that we know of). To me, they just have too much of a fiat mindset that is incompatible with what I think Bitcoin is trying to achieve. Or maybe they are just mirrors of what we'd all become in case we were running the companies they are? My first instinct is to judge them harshly, so I'd be happy to have someone giving me some counterweight to my knee-jerk reaction, to help me judge them more generously. Feel free to comment if you think they don't belong on the same list. Reading myself, this sounds like a Bitcoin maxi purity test. Well, I wrote it, so I should just post it now.

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Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? \ stacker news ~AskSN

What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like p...

S. Korea logs world's longest commute, which studies say may fuel loneliness

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S. Korea logs world's longest commute, which studies say may fuel loneliness

Lee Han-soo, 34, spends nearly 2 1/2 hours a day traveling between his home near Namhansanseong Station on Subway Line No. 8 and his job at an IT f...

> Lee Han-soo, 34, spends nearly 2 1/2 hours a day traveling between his home near Namhansanseong Station on Subway Line No. 8 and his job at an IT firm near Hongik University Station on Subway Line No. 2 in Seoul. > “Although I’m used to it now, I’m completely drained by the time I get home,” he said. “I just grab something to eat and go straight to bed.” > For many South Koreans, Lee’s routine is far from unusual — it may even be typical. > A recent study published in Environmental Research Letters found that South Korea recorded the longest average daily travel time among 43 countries surveyed, at 1 hour and 48 minutes. > The global average was 1 hour and 8 minutes, meaning South Koreans, on average, spend an additional 40 minutes of their daily life commuting. A few years back, I commuted about 1 hour in the morning and 1h30 minutes in the evening, so a total of about 2h30 minutes. +/- 30 minutes, depending on traffic. This was with my 2-year-old son at the time. I got used to it, and my son didn't know any better, so he didn't complain. But now that I've moved near my workplace, commuting 2 minutes every day, I can't imagine ever going back to that old regime. And my now 6-year-old would probably also not agree so easily anymore. So, how long do you commute to work?

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S. Korea logs world's longest commute, which studies say may fuel loneliness \ stacker news ~culture

Lee Han-soo, 34, spends nearly 2 1/2 hours a day traveling between his home near Namhansanseong Station on Subway Line No. 8 and his job at an IT f...

Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like people who just care about playing the Wall Street game on top of Bitcoin. I probably shouldn’t call them grifters/scammers; that’s too harsh when you compare them with some of the actual ones (if you know, you know), because they aren’t committing any crime (that we know of). To me, they just have too much of a fiat mindset that is incompatible with what I think Bitcoin is trying to achieve. Or maybe they are just mirrors of what we'd all become in case we were running the companies they are? My first instinct is to judge them harshly, so I'd be happy to have someone giving me some counterweight to my knee-jerk reaction, to help me judge them more generously. Feel free to comment if you think they don't belong on the same list. Reading myself, this sounds like a Bitcoin maxi purity test. Well, I wrote it, so I should just post it now.

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Bailey, Lubka, Klipsten, Held, Saylor, etc - good or bad for Bitcoin? \ stacker news ~AskSN

What's your take on the David Baileys, Steven Lubkas, Cory Klipstens, Dan Helds, Saylors, etc, of the online Bitcoin scene? To me, they seem like p...

'Kant took Suneung, too': Test-takers tormented by 18th-century philosopher

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'Kant took Suneung, too': Test-takers tormented by 18th-century philosopher

“Do you think (Immanuel) Kant knows? That centuries later he is inflicting so much pain on students in an East Asian country? In the Korean, Engl...

> Kant reappeared in Question 34 of the English section, identified by EBS as one of the section’s most difficult items. > The passage explained Kant’s view that the rule of law provides the essential foundation for security, peace and genuine freedom, enabling societies to progress toward more rational and legally regulated forms of coexistence. Rather than relying on human goodness, Kant believed that universal law is necessary precisely because humans are prone to conflict. A binding legal framework, he argues, even for “a nation of devils,” can ensure harmony. > Ideally, such laws express principles that all rational beings would choose and therefore embody freedom rather than restrict it. > The question was a fill-in-the-blank requiring students not only to understand the passage’s main point but to choose an answer that was opposite of the correct conceptual fit. The blank appeared in the sentence: “If such laws forbid them to do something that they would not rationally choose to do anyway, then the law cannot be _________.” > Because the phrase “cannot be” inverted the logic, students had to select the option that did not align with Kant’s main argument, adding to the difficulty. Suneung, the most terrifying experience of a Korean high-schooler. It'll decide your future, or so people believe. Yesterday, during the English section of the Suneung, not even airplanes were allowed to land, to make sure no noise would perturb a test-taker.

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'Kant took Suneung, too': Test-takers tormented by 18th-century philosopher \ stacker news ~culture

Kant reappeared in Question 34 of the English section, identified by EBS as one of the section’s most difficult items. The passage explained Kant...

Palantir: the world's most evil company

Palantir: the world's most evil company

At the cutting edge of dystopia and genocide

> As an example of the evil nature of Palantir’s work, it appears that Palantir has been working with the Israeli military in so-called ‘targeted killings’. Reports have suggested such that these murders, probably in the thousands or tens of thousands, utilised social media information and cellphone tracking. According to a range of sources, over 150 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza and in numerous cases they appear to have been directly targeted. Using social media information to murder journalists using drone strikes is already dystopic, but this is likely to just be the beginning of the evil Palantir will facilitate. What's your take on Palantir? Someone in a group chat just wrote: > Palantir is Evil. > And Peter Thiel doing a 4 part series on the anti-christ is like Hitler giving a 4 part series on how someone might theoretically exterminate the elite cabal that is destroying the world and > Palantir is creating 'Master Databases' on all civilians for governments around the world should they turn enemies. But Palantir controls the data making them theoretically more powerful than the governments who pay them Billions. > And CEO Alex Karp has publicly expressed support for such roles, stating the company helps "scare enemies and on occasion kill them" I haven't really looked into his story other than what i posted here, but seems like it's yet another techbro with a lot of money who is getting a little bit _too_ powerful.

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Palantir: the world's most evil company \ stacker news ~security

As an example of the evil nature of Palantir’s work, it appears that Palantir has been working with the Israeli military in so-called ‘targeted...

Core 30: I Found Out WHY Nobody Cares About This 'Threat' From this link I received:

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This isn't a "good video", this is the best one so far in all those months of drama... The ONLY one so far I have seen that properly explain everyt...

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Core 30: I Found Out WHY Nobody Cares About This 'Threat' \ stacker news ~bitcoin

From this link I received: https://x.com/NicolasDorier/status/1985877427747443108 [1 comment]

The Gambling Epidemic Coffeezilla's answer to this problem is more regulation. What's yours? Or there is no answer? Or you don't perceive this as a problem? As for me, I think it _is_ a problem. I don't think there is a clear answer. People with education may be better able to respond to the increasingly adversarial conditions. So teaching my son about these kinds of dangers will be part of my responsibility. Regulation is probably one way to mitigate some of the damage, but eventually, it won't matter in the big scheme of things. Gambling has become too pervasive, too hard to control. This is what the market wants, so this is what people get. On a side note, it's fun at some point in the video that he contrasts the stock market with the rest, as it is somehow still being built on fundamentals. The stock market has always been the rich man's casino; now, at least, it's accessible to all, and there is no illusion anymore that it is somehow anything more than a casino. Yet, some people, including Coffeezilla and the Buttcoiners, still delude themselves into thinking it's anything other than a casino. Off I go, gotta go check my Predyx bets~~

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The Gambling Epidemic \ stacker news ~oracle

Coffeezilla's answer to this problem is more regulation. What's yours? Or there is no answer? Or you don't perceive this as a problem? As for me, I...

Soft Fork Compromise on op_return to Resolve Current Bitcoin Controversies https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/9UfCVFZAUPU/m/VypTi8fmAgAJ The OP of this mailing list post reads very much like #AIslop, but I commend the few people who've answered to give clear and reasoned answers. I link here to the final answer, which, yet again, explains the reasoning behind the recent core v30 changes. My guess is that many of the proponents of knots have not actually followed the discussions from the last few years that led to this decision. So, maybe, this provides some insights...

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Soft Fork Compromise on op_return to Resolve Current Bitcoin Controversies \ stacker news ~bitcoin

The OP of this mailing list post reads very much like #AIslop, but I commend the few people who've answered to give clear and reasoned answers. I l...

The better of two sci-fi franchises - crossword - which one do you pick?  From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess where @DarthCoin stands on this question.

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The better of two sci-fi franchises - crossword - which one do you pick? \ stacker news ~movies

From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess wh...

The better of two sci-fi franchises crossword - which one do you pick?  From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess where @DarthCoin stands on this question.

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The better of two sci-fi franchises - crossword - which one do you pick? \ stacker news ~movies

From NYT, 2022. I unfortunately could not find the unfilled version of this crossword, and I'm too lazy to draw it myself. We can probably guess wh...

OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content

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OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content

New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy

Quoting my colleague: "Profit rates flat lining, bring out the porn!" > OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy > OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a “treat adult users like adults” principle. > OpenAI’s plan includes the release of an updated version of ChatGPT that will allow users to customize their AI assistant’s personality, including options for more human-like responses, heavy emoji use, or friend-like behavior. The most significant change will come in December, when OpenAI plans to roll out more comprehensive age-gating that would permit erotic content for adults who have verified their ages. OpenAI did not immediately provide details on its age verification methods or additional safeguards planned for adult content. I guess some other models are already less restrictive on this? Grok most likely?

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OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content \ stacker news ~AI

Quoting my colleague: "Profit rates flat lining, bring out the porn!" OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content w...

Brian Armstrong - master of the shitcoin degenerates

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We just bumped up the max leverage from 20x to 50x on international perpetual futures. A bunch of traders asked for this update. Let us know what ...

Someone just sent me this. A month old, still timely... degens will never learn. An addict in need? Brian provides the drugs. > We just bumped up the max leverage from 20x to 50x on international perpetual futures. > A bunch of traders asked for this update. Let us know what else we can add!

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Brian Armstrong - master of the shitcoin degenerates \ stacker news ~lol

Someone just sent me this. A month old, still timely... degens will never learn. An addict in need? Brian provides the drugs. We just bumped up the...

The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia

The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia | Nature Medicine

Abstract: > There is emerging evidence that the live herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine might protect against dementia. However, the existing data are limited and refer only to the live vaccine, which is now discontinued in the United States and many other countries in favor of a recombinant vaccine. Whether the recombinant shingles vaccine protects against dementia remains unknown. Here we used a natural experiment opportunity created by the rapid transition from the use of live to the use of recombinant vaccines to compare the risk of dementia between vaccine types. __We show that the recombinant vaccine is associated with a significantly lower risk of dementia in the 6 years post-vaccination. Specifically, receiving the recombinant vaccine is associated with a 17% increase in diagnosis-free time, translating into 164 additional days lived without a diagnosis of dementia in those subsequently affected. The recombinant shingles vaccine was also associated with lower risks of dementia than were two other vaccines commonly used in older people: influenza and tetanus–diphtheria–pertussis vaccines.__ The effect was robust across multiple secondary analyses, and was present in both men and women but was greater in women. These findings should stimulate studies investigating the mechanisms underpinning the protection and could facilitate the design of a large-scale randomized control trial to confirm the possible additional benefit of the recombinant shingles vaccine. (emphasis mine) Pretty amazing how two seemingly different things (shingles vaccine and dementia) can impact each other. I know one of the authors, so feel free to ask any questions you might have.

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The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia \ stacker news ~science

Abstract: There is emerging evidence that the live herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine might protect against dementia. However, the existing data are ...

South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode

South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx Missed this related post:

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New South Park Episode Seems Interesting \ stacker news ~Memes

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South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode \ stacker news ~oracle

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx Missed this related post: https://stacker.news/items/1...

South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode

South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx

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South Park hones in on prediction markets in new episode \ stacker news ~oracle

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but this is an extra motivation to do so. @Mega_Predyx Missed this related post: https://stacker.news/items/1...